Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in eastern Cuba as a Category 3 storm after pummelling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, the US National Hurricane Centre said.

The Old Claughtonians, who left Sir Gilbert Claughton Grammar School in Dudley in 1963, recently met at the Dudley Arms, Himley, marking this milestone. The class, which had 102 pupils in 1963, was ...

A haul of suspected cocaine worth an estimated eight million euro (£7 million) has been seized in Co Laois. Irish police seized 116 kilos of the substance along with a number of electronic devices ...

The US National Hurricane Centre said Melissa was ‘one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic ...

Sir David Attenborough is championing a bid by conservationists to raise £30 million to secure a vast upland estate in ...

As many as 8,000 British citizens are in Jamaica, with people ordered to stay inside to avoid the world’s strongest storm of ...

President Donald Trump has taken new Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi to speak to US troops aboard an aircraft carrier ...

Worcestershire charity shops urged to boost security as ONS data reveals 37 rise in shoplifting since 2020. Ansvar Insurance shares tips to ...

The range includes new additions such as two candles inspired by her wedding date and her birthday, retailing for £48 each.

Across the UK, 8,000 illegal migrants were arrested by Immigration Enforcement from October 2024 to September 2025.

His appearance comes in a round of hearings by the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy as it investigates the collapse of the case.